DOCUMENT INDEX (Alphabetized by Category)
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ATTORNEY FEE STRUCTURES
BANKRUPTCY AND STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
FACTORING (PAYMENT PURCHASES)
GRILLO CASES
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA)
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
LIBERTY V. BARNETT
MACOMBER V. TRAVELERS
MEDICAID
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ATTORNEYS
REBATING
QUALIFIED ASSIGNMENTS
QUALIFIED SETTLEMENT FUNDS
SPENCER, ET AL. V. HARTFORD
STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
TAXATION OF DAMAGES
VICTIMS OF TERRORISM (September 11, 2001)
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ATTORNEY FEE STRUCTURES
- Childs v. Commissioner, 103 T.C. 634 (1994)
- Commissioner v. Banks, 125 S. Ct. 826 (2005)
- Commissioner v. Banks, syllabus 01-24-05
- IRS Notice 2005-1, guidance under IRC § 409A
- Private Ruling. 200518017, attorney fees to class counsel (2005)
BANKRUPTCY AND STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
- Georgia v. Confederation Life, plan of rehabilitation (1995)
- In re Monarch Capital Corporation, 130 B.R. 368 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1991),
25 CBC2d 751 - J.G. Wentworth v. Gilmore, Case No. 01-00571-R (Bankr. N.D. Okla. 2002)
FACTORING (PAYMENT PURCHASES)
- Technical Explanation (excerpt) of the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of
2001, JCX 93-01 (2001) - IRC § 5891 (2002)
GRILLO CASES
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA)
- Consent for Release of Protected Health Information
- Notice of Revocation of Consent to Release Health Information
- Medical Underwriting Letter
- HIPAA Regulations
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
- Letter, March 12, 2001, from Richard B. Risk, Jr., to Attorney General John
Ashcroft, complaining of DOJ policies and practices regarding structured
settlements - Letter, dated July 11, 2003, from Richard B. Risk, Jr., to Kenneth L. Zwick,
Director, Office of Management Programs, Civil Division, U.S. Department
of Justice, In re: Minimum Qualifications for Annuity Brokers in Connection
with Structured Settlements Entered Into by the United States, 68 Fed. Reg.
18119 (April 15, 2003) - H.R. 2215 Conference Report Summary, October 3, 2002
- 28 CFR § 50.24 4-15-03, minimum qualifications for annuity brokers, April
15, 2003 - GAO Report to Sen. Jim Inhofe on DOJ GDD-00-45 2-1
- Broker Application 4-15-03
- Final Rule on annuty broker minimum requirements and selection, 28 CFR
Part 50, March 6, 2006 - Joint Petition and Proposed Order Seeking Restrictions on DOJ (2006)
LIBERTY V. BARNETT
- Memorandum and Order on Barnett Parties' Motion for Summary Judgment
against J. G. Wentworth on Interpleader, Case No. 1:04cv0001, U.S. Dist.
Ct., E.D., Mo., August 9, 2006
MACOMBER V. TRAVELERS
- Macomber v. Travelers, federal complaint (1998)
- Macomber v. Travelers, amended class action complaint, Case No. CV 49 67
61 S, Conn. Super. (1999) - Macomber v. Travelers, decision on motion to strike complaint, 2000 Conn.
Super. LEXIS 1777 - Macomber v. Travelers (I), 261 Conn. 620, 804 A.2d 180 (2002)
- Macomber v. Travelers, decision on class certification (2004)
- Macomber v. Travelers, NSSTA talking points (2005)
- Macomber v. Travelers (II), reversal of class certification (2006)
MEDICAID
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ATTORNEYS
- Burrow v. Arce, 997 S.W.2d 229 (1999 Tex.), re ABA Model Rule 1.8(g)
- Lyons v. MMIA, 286 A.D.2d 711 (2001)
- Pacheco v. Clark, Case No. CV 2002 00855, Santa Fe (N.M.) Dist. Ct. (2003)
REBATING
QUALIFIED ASSIGNMENTS
QUALIFIED SETTLEMENT FUNDS
- 26 USC § 468B (Internal Revenue Code)
- 26 CFR § 1.468B (Treasury Regulations)
- Rev. Proc. 93-34
- Fax from Terrance McWhorter, IRS (Income Tax and Accounting), to Jody
Brewster, Skadden Arps, on single-claimant QSF assignments May 30, 2003 - Arguments opposing single-claimant 468B received by Senator Max Baucus,
June 29, 2004, from Dewey Ballentine - QSF Sequence
- Letter from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom , LLP, with attachments,
to Pamela Olson, Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), U.S. Department of the
Treasury, and B. John Williams, Chief Counsel, IRS, Section 130 Qualified
Assignments, June 19, 2003 - Letter from Richard B. Risk, Jr., to Pamela Olson, Assistant Secretary (Tax
Policy), U.S. Department of the Treasury, and B. John Williams, Chief
Counsel, IRS, Section 130 Qualified Assignments, October 27, 2003 - Comments to Treasury on Need for Guidance on 468B submitted by Richard
B. Risk, Jr., February 13, 2008 - Comments to IRS on proposed revision of 26 CFR § 1.104 submitted by
Richard B. Risk, Jr., October 1, 2009 - Testimony submitted to IRS on proposed revision of 26 CFR § 1.104
- Transcript of hearing at IRS on 26 CFR § 1.104, 02-23-10
SPENCER, ET AL. V. HARTFORD
- Class Complaint 10-31-05
- Defense Memo in Support of Motion to Dismiss 02-01-06
- Amended Class Complaint 05-01-06
- Defense Memo in Support of Motion to Dismiss 06-14-06
- Plaintiffs' Memo in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss 08-14-06
- Defense Answer to Amended Complaint 12-06-06
- Order on Motion for Class Certification 03-10-09
- Order Certifying Class 03-10-09
- 2nd Cir. Order Denying Defendants' Appeal of Class Certification 10-14-09
- Notice of Proposed Settlement, Mailed to Class Members, 07-07-10
- Order Approving Settlement, 09-21-10
- Hartford Class Action Administrator's Website
- FOR CLAIMANTS: Distribution Calculations
STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
- Standards of Professional Conduct for Settlement Planners (2008)
- SSP News Release on Adoption of Standards of Professional Conduct
TAXATION OF DAMAGES
- IRS Audit Guide for Lawsuit Awards and Settlements
- 26 U.S.C. § 104
- House Report 104-586 origin-of-the-claim rule (1996)
- 26 C.F.R.§ 1.451-2 constructive receipt of income
- Private Ruling 8333035 knowledge of amount not constructive receipt (1983)
- Private Ruling 9017011 knowledge of amount not constructive receipt (1990)
- Private Ruling 0903073 exclusion of some bad faith damages (2009)
- Tax Treatment of Structured Settlement Arrangements, JCX-15-99 (1999)
- Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 (concerning factoring)
VICTIMS OF TERRORISM (September 11, 2001)
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